Facebook blocks links to B.S. Detector, fake news warning plugin

Re:Facebook blocks links to B.S. Detector, fake news warning... by NikolaeVarius on Friday December 02, 2016 @01:57PM (#13091247)

It's easy to be outraged rather than actually thinking about the problem.

HEADLINE:"FACEBOOK NEWS FEED POPULATED BY BIASED EDITORS"

INTERNET:"MACHINE LEARNING IS UNBIASED WHY ISN"T FB USING ML?" -- HEADLINE:"FACEBOOK NEWS FEED POPULATED BY FAKE NEWS BECAUSE ML ISN'T DIFFERENTIATING NEWS TYPES"

INTERNET:"FACEBOOK NEEDS TO CONTROL WHAT NEWS GETS ON THE NEWS FEED" --- HEADLINE:"FACEBOOK CENSORING CONTROVERSIAL NEWS" INTERNET:"FACEBOOK NEEDS TO HIRE EDITORS THAT WON'T CENSOR THINGS"

GOTO 1

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Re:Facebook blocks links to B.S. Detector, fake news warning... by EdHominem on Friday December 02, 2016 @02:44PM (#13091650)

They could have avoided all of that by not interfering.

All they need to do is nothing. Don't favor some news, don't block fact-checkers. Just let me see everything my friends post.

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Re:Facebook blocks links to B.S. Detector, fake news warning... by bryansum on Friday December 02, 2016 @06:44PM (#13093269)

Great point; the question then becomes why is this interference necessary? Largely due to ads. Instagram made their feed algorithmic recently for this reason.

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Re:Facebook blocks links to B.S. Detector, fake news warning... by Gargoyle on Friday December 02, 2016 @02:36PM (#13091575)

I don't think Facebook needs to control what gets on the news feed.

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